Right and wrong, good or bad, fair and unfair, legal or illegal…plurality of choice in life is our biggest predicament and yet, we have to take a decision. These decisions are usually guided by our approach towards this quandary which should either be adventurous or rational, but we most of the times tend to chose the third option and that is the escapist approach and that is where we involve our eternal , omnipresent and 24*7 mate THE GOD !
Let me take an ultra-adventurous point of view, but before I dwell more into it, allow me give an honest disclaimer. My belief in my Gods (I love the plurality here) and my religion like any other believer is impeccable. I have a very strong relationship with My Gods and this relationship has stood the test of logic. I am glad that the model of religion that has been presented to me by my family, society and community allows the peripherals to play, mock, interfere or even construct it, in a way such vulnerability might make it weak but it strengthens the followers. I follow my religion with a skepticism that makes my insecurities vanish away.
Coming back to the point, let me ask a question to all my readers as a precursor to this discussion and that goes like this….. IS OUR GOD POWERFUL ENOUGH TO TRUST HIS FOLLOWERS? (don’t miss the oxymoron here)
I know that only those with extreme and insensible devotion or even the callous non believers would have the common answer and that is NO even though their reasons for saying so will be different. I however would proceed further by assuming that the answer to the above Question is yes.
Very few amongst the believers would disagree that GOD is a very good manager. He is managing this Universe with utmost perfection. The optimum use of resources, timings of the events managing the past, future and present, nature , vegetation , Planets and millions of living species. You actually have to be a GOD to do this mammoth Godly stuff. While the solace for him is the fact that all the species other than men don’t approach him to be the ‘Granting Commission’ for all kind, the worrying fact is that the ever demanding humans are growing in geometrical progression. Going by the biological evidences, The humans are the most equipped creation of God and yet they use less of everything that they have and keep going back to him every time they are challenged by a novelty or an adversary. And the God has to listen to them all, and the real trouble happens when two people of set of People have contradictory demands…for example If India is playing the World Cup Final against Pakistan then 120 Crore Indians want India to win while about 20 Crore Pakistanis want Pakistan to win…Tell me what will you do if you were God….
My answer is straight…If I put myself into God’s shoes I will simply say
‘Hey Man…I have given you enough abilities and cognitive power to take your decisions…I have empowered you to think and act…so sort it out yourself.’
Come to think of it…he has empowered us with strong emotional, social, mental, physical and spiritual faculties and we? We keep these faculties in a closet and allow us to be swayed by biases, prejudices, preconceived notions, dogmas, mindsets and what not….and I believe that’s an insult to the giver. Are we potent enough to empower the God or it should be the other way round? Just think about it.
So if you believe in God...learn to believe in his creations and you being one of the strongest...have to
So ossam sir .
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ReplyDeleteReligions,culture,sects can never be compared.For instance,if u ask a girl from vegas genrly her dress wil require a shorter length of fabric in comparison to a girl from delhi or other modern places of ours and both of them are content in thaf but surprisingly one may claim the other to be on wrong standards or tradition.So according to me one should remain in his own (without becoming a fanatic) and respect others state BUT one comon thing that should coincide is HUMANITY.
ReplyDeleteYou dont know the weightage that god wil use for reviewing ur diffrnt deeds but one thing that even a nobody like me can assure u of is THE WEIGHTAGE OF HUMANITY !!!
The concept of God is so myterious ! You think that you exist as an intelligent life on your own - then , you don't need the concept of God . You believe you have been created as an intelligence and controlled , then you need the concept of a Creator . Call him God ! You believe a Creator created you , still you exist independent of the Creator , then again , you believe in a Creator . These permutations and combinations are there to experiment .
ReplyDeleteIf there is no Creator then intelligent life on earth is a mystery still to be solved . You decide on your own responsibility between right or wrong, good or bad, fair or unfair, legal or illegal etc . and all the shades of greys .
If you believe in simply a Creator with no control over your intelligent existence then again , you decide on your own responsibility between right or wrong, good or bad, fair or unfair, legal or illegal etc . and all the shades of greys .
If you simply believe in a Creator - controller of intelligent life then , you introduce the concept of God as an arbiter , in all your decision problems . It depends upon your ego level what you believe . You can believe you have the strongest arbiter or Creator , or God to decide between right or wrong, good or bad, fair or unfair, legal or illegal etc . and all the shades of greys Your ego might be so bloated that you might visualise that you took the decisions yourself . Or , if you are low on ego , and , in doubt , you take your Creator as the sole arbiter . But , one thing is definite , you expect all decisions to satisfy your ego only .
There are so many ' you ' - all expecting satisfying decisions . You start visualising that your Creator is the most powerful Creator . Here is the idea of Empowering God . The individual ego comes in play . It needs satisfaction - that of becoming a controller , another name for ' Power ' . You forgets that it is a creation with limitations .
So many ' you ' are created by the Creator ! That is possible only if the Creator has an infinite capacity for creation . But the created is finite ! So , the Creator is capable of infinite creations which are finite . Something which has infinite potentials or ' Power ' cannot be further empowered by it's finite elements , which , incidentally haven't left the infinite for an independent existence ! The finite individual and the infinite Creator or Consciousness , exist as one , with the cycle of death and rebirth moving the finite individuality to the infinite Creator and back to a finite individuality . Coommarswamy had once explained the ' Natraj ' sculpture as a dance of death and creation - ' into death and out ..'
Empowering God is impossible . Empowering man is simple , just a question of how much power his ego can withstand for it's satisfaction . This too varies ! The answer probably lies in the concept of rebirth and karma where rebirth is stipulated for diminishing negative karma - or diminishing ego . At some space and time the ego zeros to Moksha , there is a full stop to rebirth .
Then , why the need for creation of intelligence at all ? Was it deliberate ? Was it some freak accident ? Or , was it without cause ? The paramount riddle !
For me my God is in my head.. If believing in a particular god..gives me power enough to stand up and fight my battle.. its enough.. for i believe "we all are energies.. and energy can not be destroyed.. it just changes its shape"..that is my belief! My point on this would differ from many.. but i do not care as long as i am a good human being and i do not do anything to hurt anybody.. Well my firm faith in god shakes when i see all this hatred around..nonsense bullshit in the name of god... and i am like why God.. Why do u want this? Why and how can u let this happen?.. If you are that powerful why do not you tell these people to just stay quiet.. This is not who you are..and certainly not what you want us to do(given those abilities and the basic sense you have sent us with).. And then he did nothing but simply gave a glimpse of his actual powers in the face of an earthquake or tsunami.. But the sad part is, the sufferers might not be those actual culprits.. and who knows who.. The good part is that GOD never takes anybody's side.. When he punishes he does not care about the religion he wants to punish..
ReplyDeleteWell i am already apologizing for have said anything wrong.. but this is truly what i feel..